Headlight moldings..which are the best quality
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Headlight moldings..which are the best quality
Hi Guys
I'm interested in buying some headlight moldings for my soon to be delivered TTX50. I have seen the HAMANN moldings which seem ok. Any others that you guys would recommend as I aint very clued up on this type of accessory.
DonnyJ
I'm interested in buying some headlight moldings for my soon to be delivered TTX50. I have seen the HAMANN moldings which seem ok. Any others that you guys would recommend as I aint very clued up on this type of accessory.
DonnyJ
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Originally posted by Ruiner
Is there ANY way to open up the headlamp plastic cover, paint the "chrome" covering, and then reattach the lamp covers?
Is there ANY way to open up the headlamp plastic cover, paint the "chrome" covering, and then reattach the lamp covers?
it's should be like any headlight where the case is just sealed together like silicone, and I know you still remember your ricer days of opening up headlights
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Originally posted by Ruiner
But can I get it back together and make it look 100% again? If possible, that would be the best method of painting the lights to match to body color.
But can I get it back together and make it look 100% again? If possible, that would be the best method of painting the lights to match to body color.
depends if you know what you are doing or not, i've got a buddy that does projector fitment in non projector cars and they come out absolutely flawless. This would be the same as the avg import guy opening up the headlight and painting it black.
Pretty basic, heat up the headlight to loosen the silicone, pull it apart, paint, re-silicone, put back together. If you screw up there are tons of stolen housings on ebay
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There's a couple tricky parts to doing that though. The first is not melting the actual housing when you're heating it up to undo the silicone (really not that tricky, but patience and concentration are key) and then when sealing it up you must make damn sure that it is sealed, because you don't want to come out one cold night and see the inside of the lens all foggy or worst have dust buildup on the inside of the lens.
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